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The LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit supports hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing using supported National Instruments RT Series hardware. You must install the LabVIEW Real-Time Module in order to execute a simulation on an RT target. You also must enable remote NI-VISA access to the RT target so the Simulation Interface Toolkit can query the target for installed FPGA devices and CAN interfaces. Refer to the KnowledgeBase for information about configuring hardware devices for use with the Simulation Interface Toolkit.

Note  You also can execute a model DLL on a Windows computer. For example, you can install a National Instruments DAQ device in a Windows computer and execute a simulation using that device.

Configuring a simulation on a real-time (RT) target involves the following steps:

1. Build a model.

   Note  In order to communicate with RT Series hardware, the model must have at least one input port and one output port.

2. Create a host VI with controls and indicators.
3. Convert the model to a model DLL.
4. Specify the model, model DLL, and execution host.
5. Create a driver VI.
6. Run the simulation. When you run the simulation, the Simulation Interface Toolkit downloads the necessary files to the RT target.

You can configure multiple CAN interfaces and FPGA devices simultaneously, but you cannot configure a DAQ device at the same time as any other device.